AANA Annual Convention attire

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Just looking for some input from CRNAs and senior SRNAs who attended the AANA convention in recent years...Does everyone really wear suits all the time like you see in the pictures? Or is there the usual varying levels of business casual? I'm coming to the sad realization that I have one suit (that I purchased to interview) and a few other outfits that would look professional (but are not suits). Ugh...I cannot afford to go out and buy a new wardrobe of clothes to wear one or twice a year. Please advise.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
....Does everyone really wear suits all the time like you see in the pictures? Or is there the usual varying levels of business casual?........

No.

And then yes.

Depends on context. Daily CME lectures are often very informal, the Formal Banquet (duh) sees some folks in actual ball gowns and tuxes (those on the podium) and the rest, well, they clean up pretty good in suits. One fellow never forgets his Birkies, with his t-shirts and shorts.

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If you are female, you might try a nice blue dress and a beret when you go hear Slick Willie speak. I hear he loves that look. :)

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If you are female, you might try a nice blue dress and a beret when you go hear Slick Willie speak. I hear he loves that look. :)

Just to make you a bit happier, I suggest you contact the AANA and ask what they are paying "Slick Willie" to speak at our convention. Makes me mad, and I don't care who the speaker is. His minimum payment is $250K

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Just to make you a bit happier, I suggest you contact the AANA and ask what they are paying "Slick Willie" to speak at our convention. Makes me mad, and I don't care who the speaker is. His minimum payment is $250K

At the Mid-Year assembly, we were told that no member dues were used to get him to speak - it was all personal contributions. And they did not disclose the amount - apparently they have a "no-discussion" clause in the contract.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

I'm dying to know-who is slick willie?

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Specializes in I know stuff ;).

Bill Clinton

In anycase, apparently he can talk the pants off you.

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Okay, back on topic - what should we poor students wear? Are cropped pants acceptable? Seems like that's all I wear in the summer.

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nevermind.....good luck to those going...

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hey - i went last year, and i'm going this year. as a poor senior srna, i plan on wearing either shorts or cargo's and a nice shirt to the lectures. a suit, no tie, to the party with a purpose. sandles out drinkin'!

that's it. no tux, no tie.

gc.

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Specializes in CRNA.
Just to make you a bit happier, I suggest you contact the AANA and ask what they are paying "Slick Willie" to speak at our convention. Makes me mad, and I don't care who the speaker is. His minimum payment is $250K

Whatever your opinions of Pres. Clinton are, he was & is very Pro-CRNA. His mother was a CRNA in Hot Springs, AR.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
Whatever your opinions of Pres. Clinton are, he was & is very Pro-CRNA. His mother was a CRNA in Hot Springs, AR.

If we're going to start the pro- versus anti-Clinton arguements again, let's at least get our facts straight. Pres. Clinton's mother was, yes, a CRNA. However, he only signed that indy-practice option in the last month before he was set to leave office -- right about the same time he was pardoning Mark Rich and some other folks who might otherwise have been indicted for something.

Prior to all of that, say, 1993 . . . he and his wife had organized their push to socialize medicine in this country under a national healthcare system. I think Hillary's quote was something like, 'nurses make too much money, anyway' or some such nonsense. The Clintons' attempt at one of America's third-rails of politics -- much like Bush's attempt at social security last year -- flamed out before it really got started. Otherwise, you and I, fellow CRNAs, might be working for peanuts instead of the macadamias (sp?) we're enjoying at the moment.

So, do we really need to hash out whether or not Slick Willie is pro-CRNA. Moot point. Is he a viable speaker for the convention? I've resigned myself to the fact that it will happen, no matter the opposition (like mine). I will examine the transcript to see if he actually had anything of value to contribute, beyond some 'fight the good fight' stuff. I will certainly call upon my association to open the books on his fee -- they should not be allowed to close those off to the membership, "non-disclosure clause" or not -- and call for an accounting if it is out of the ordinary.

In the meantime, the student asked a valid question about convention dress. I say, "go with your instincts -- you're not being graded."

Enjoy Ohio. See y'all next year.

Z

CRNA in Georgia

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